Swing Analysis for a Newbie

[golfbulldog]

You are so close to dropping handicap by about 10 strokes!!

Takes me a while to download but got your down the line and face-on 7 iron views.

Address

Down the line

First glance posture and set up not too bad. Not too worried about shoulders( they look pretty straight to me )but agree with EdZ right wrist not level and more relaxed right arm needed. If anything right wrist looks a bit cocked.

Face on

You look a big guy ( tall / lean ) but stance is too narrow for me. Also weight looks bit too much on left side. Supple right arm and weight a bit more on right side with level right wrist should help. To me you looked better down the line than face on!!

Takeaway/ Backswing

Down the line

You seem to have fixed the plane problem in takeaway. Looks ok takeaway but you get a little flat half way back ( extension of clubshaft to right of target line) and you then shift to squared shoulder plane at the Top ( 3/4 back).You rotate shoulders pretty well. Left wrist and clubface look flat/square. Trouble is you keep going!! Big overswing!!

Face on

Half way back the left arm is straight and wrist cock is set. By the top/ end of backswing left wrist is bent, overswing and with narrow stance almost leads to topple over toward target / reverse pivot.

Extensor action should straighten left arm and limit overswing and possibly bring you down a bit from squared shoulder plane to turned shoulder plane?

Transition

This is the "coming over the top" bit!!! Pulls, slices and shanks!!! This may be the old downswing move which your "too inside" old backswing used. When combined with your better backswing you are going to hit the ball miles further!! Fixing this will be the equivalent of a $1000 new driver that really does deliver extra distance!!!

Treatment is the "easily said but not so easily achieved" start the downswing from the floor up!!

1. You need a better pivot, feet need to wrestle with the earth, and momentarily do nothing with the hands... Percy Boomer described the backswing as a "turn" but the downswing as a "twist". To me that means that he senses stopping the backswing with his feet and really feeling a downward twisting force in the feet at transition.

2.You need to feel more "down" in the downswing, If you can feel pp3, thrust it toward inner, aft quadrant of the ball. It looks like you are hitting outer, aft quadrant.

3.Get inside a complete plane board and suddenly realise how far off plane the downswing is from the inclined plane. You can see it on video but to feel it is even better. It will probably feel as though the club is behind you when you start to get it right!!

Impact looks awful at moment from the down line view but fix that transition and it will get better by miles. You are soooo close.!!!

Good luck.

PS. All of above advice is amateur rather than PGA pro but a real pro could fix you really quick IMHO!!

[bergsey]

Takeaway/ Backswing

Down the line

You seem to have fixed the plane problem in takeaway. Looks ok takeaway but you get a little flat half way back ( extension of clubshaft to right of target line) and you then shift to squared shoulder plane at the Top ( 3/4 back).

Thanks for the comments, hit the range over the weekend and concentrated on getting the clubhead more outside of my hands half way back i.e. getting a bit steeper on the backstroke and
flatter on the downstroke. Half way back the club is now parallel to the target line instead of pointing to the right.

Looked at it on video afterwards and is a lot more on plane now... still work to do though as it felt like a massive change but is pretty subtle when you look at it on the video. The downstroke is still a bit too steep, need to flatten that out more.

Thanks guys for your help